Dominic Óg McGlinchey granted leave over murder investigations

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Dominic Óg McGlinchey was granted leave to bring two judicial review actions over the investigations into his parents’ murders at the High Court on 31 July 2023. Justice Niamh Hyland granted permission on an ex-parte basis and gave directions for the exchange of legal documents.

The cases concern the murder of his mother, Mary McGlinchey, in Dundalk on 31 January 1987 and the murder of his father, Dominic McGlinchey Snr, in Drogheda on 10 February 1994. McGlinchey alleges that the State failed to investigate either killing properly. Nobody has been convicted in connection with either murder.

McGlinchey seeks orders directing effective investigations and an inquiry into the loss of the file relating to his mother’s murder. The cases were due to return before the High Court when the new legal year began in October.